Cleat.



WILLAJAY dADK, er rHnADnLrHIn rnNNsLvAnIA:*

TO allwkom Z' may concern:

.Be it known that I WILLIAM GADKE, a

'citizen Ofthe United States, residing in Phi1adelphia,' Pennsylvania have invented a =-One object Cleat, of which the following is a specification.* v a of my invention is to provlde i a relatively simple, inexpensive :and *s uba stantialform of cleat whereby a ropc'may be held from, slipping, the construction and arrangement'of parts 'of the cleat being such that said rope maybe quickly and easily engaged with 'and disengaged from them.

These Objects and Othenadvantageous ends I- secureas herelnafter set forth, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,in which:

Figure 1 is a erspective view illustrating 5 a cleat constructed 'according to my'inven tion and showing a rope as held thereby;

. Figs 2 and 3 are respectively a plan and 'a side -elevation of'the cleat, and

Fig. 4 isna 'front elevation of the structure shown in Figs. 2- and 8.

ln the above drawings 1 represents the base'plate of the cleat which may be held to a supporting. structure inany desired man ner as by* screws, bolts-or the like, there' being shown screw holes 3 in said plate for the reception of screws 4. Formed integral with or 'otherwise rigidly attached to the base is a forke holding member having one of its branches 5 turned over in the form of n a an inverted U. The Other branch 6 projects approximately straight upward from the.

' base in the plane* of the hooked member 51 and like' it, of rounded Or substantially circular section, the space between' the branch 6 and the main portion of the "branch 5 being preferably substantially the same -as the space between the two armsof said part 5, Whose outer end is spaced away from the surface of the plate 1 in order to permit of the passage of a rope Or Cable., s

Preferably formed integral with the struc- ,ture 5-6 and projecting in a-plane at right angles to the plane of the plate 1 as well as u to *that of said'structure, is 'an auxiliary holding member 7 in the form of a finger or arm extending Outwardly and upwardlyat an acute 'angle to said base. i Said finger may be'described as springing from the base 1 at a point adjacent the forked, structure-,54%

p Specifica an fi afiesraentfi PatentedFeb. 26,1918.- A licationfiied January 2'2, 1916. Sera1No;73,684.

to which' it'is preferably though notneces sarily attached ;-the edges of 'said finger being rounded so as to give' it a curvedsection, andits positionbeing such that there is a narrow wedge-shaped space between it* and the base as llustrated in Fig. 3. a

j When it is desired to hold a rope bymeans of my cleat said 'rope,gind icated at m in Fig.

1, is *first .passed between'jthe base'and the r 4 adjacent .endrof the hook andis thereafter g 'carried through the space between said hook 1 a and the branch :6. From thence it is passed -under 'the finger 1 7 :and is tightly drawn toward the apeX of the wedge-shaped recess defined .bythis finger and the base, being 6. As a Consequence of'this disposalofthe rope,a great part of' the tension thereon is 'taken 'by *the structure 54-6, and the re-y mainder is taken by the finger 7 in such manner that it tends to more tightly Wedge or am between'it and the base 1.

obviously the rope may be cast ofl of the preferably 'so used that the members 5 and 6 serve to first receive it and thereafter it is wedged 'under thefinger 7 so that it is eflectually held from slipping;

I claim 2- i 1. A cleat including a base plateg a mem ;ber in the form ofsa double reverse Curve mounted On said plate in a plane 'at right at right angles to the plane of the first-member and making an plate. r 1

2; 'A cleat including a base plate; a'forked branches turned over to form a hook and the Other branch spaced away from the main part ofsaid forked member; with a holding member extending in a' plane substantially atright' angles tO' the plane of' the forked member and making' an acute angle with a the base' plate.

3.'The combination in a cleat of a base acute angle With thebasc finally led back under or adjacent the branc h angles to the plane thereof; with 'a holding' t member extending in a plane substantially,

'member thereon having the end of One of its a 

